title: The joint impact on being overweight of self reported behaviours of eating quickly and eating until full: cross sectional survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether eating until full or eating quickly or combinations of these eating behaviours are associated with being overweight. Design and participants Cross sectional survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two communities in Japan.
  
  
  METHODS
  3287 adults (1122 men, 2165 women) aged 30-69 who participated in surveys on cardiovascular risk from 2003 to 2006.
  
  
  METHODS
  Body mass index (overweight >/=25.0) and the dietary habits of eating until full (lifestyle questionnaire) and speed of eating (validated brief self administered questionnaire).
  
  
  RESULTS
  571 (50.9%) men and 1265 (58.4%) women self reported eating until full, and 523 (45.6%) men and 785 (36.3%) women self reported eating quickly. For both sexes the highest age adjusted mean values for height, weight, body mass index, and total energy intake were in the eating until full and eating quickly group compared with the not eating until full and not eating quickly group. The multivariable adjusted odds ratio of being overweight for eating until full was 2.00 (95% confidence interval 1.53 to 2.62) for men and 1.92 (1.53 to 2.40) for women and for eating quickly was 1.84 (1.42 to 2.38) for men and 2.09 (1.69 to 2.59) for women. The multivariable odds ratio of being overweight with both eating behaviours compared with neither was 3.13 (2.20 to 4.45) for men and 3.21 (2.41 to 4.29) for women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Eating until full and eating quickly are associated with being overweight in Japanese men and women, and these eating behaviours combined may have a substantial impact on being overweight.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Yamadaoka, 2-2 Suita-shi, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Koutatsu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohira
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Yoshimi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Setsuko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiyama
authors.forename: Takeo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imano
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Michinori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Hiroyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D012423:Rural Health; D018881:Suburban Health